physical-review-x
Use when targeting Physical Review X (PRX) or deciding whether a physics manuscript fits this open-access, high-impact, cross-subfield, longer-form APS venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill physical-review-x --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Physical Review X (physical-review-x) ## Journal positioning Physical Review X is APS's fully open-access flagship for physics results that rank among the most significant advances in the field but require more space than the Letter format allows. PRX publishes longer articles across all of physics, with an editorial bar calibrated to cross-subfield importance: referees are asked not only whether the work is correct but whether it will be read and cited widely beyond the author's home subfield. PRX sits above the archival Physical Review family (PRB, PRD, PRC, PRE) in selectivity and alongside PRL in cross-subfield ambition, but without PRL's strict length constraint. Open-access publication under a Creative Commons license is mandatory. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the APS site and the PRX submission system. ## When to trigger - The author has a high-significance physics result that exceeds PRL's length limit but would be arbitrarily truncated by fitting it into a Letter. - A paper spans subfields (e.g., condensed m
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the physical-review-x skill do?
Use when targeting Physical Review X (PRX) or deciding whether a physics manuscript fits this open-access, high-impact, cross-subfield, longer-form APS venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill physical-review-x --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.